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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
2
McPhail Anderson & Co will sell in Corporation Yards starting at 12 30? paont. Store and dairy cattle pigs and sundries J Ford agent.
A pig truck will depart Baceh Marsh on Tuesday bound for Gippsland and Northern Co operative Company. E A Reither of How See Bal fiong Brooch Victorian Farmers Union agent.
Stands for the very best that skill and experience can produce price and particulars of all closes of machinery or application to Simon Bros Sub Avenue Barhous Marsh or J Ho Cunningham District Agent Melton.
Coghlan Boase and Co auctioneers Stock and Station Agents Ballarat notify graziers farmers and the public they secured Geo A Bence. Sale days Fat cattle and sheep every Tuesday pigs every Wednesday horses every Friday store and dairy cattle every Friday. All stock consigned receive personal immediate attention. Phone 331. Tuttercall's Bamar Ballarat.
Ia rr Wiehe informs Beechus Marsh residents that he will continue the practice at Merrims House Mrs. Platt's Grant Street. Hours daily 9 am to 8 pm. Recorded by The Dental Board of Victoria.
Motor cycles for sale include a Triumph priced at £35 and a Shhp Heber at 40 with a Sun Lightweight 24hp model featuring gear kickstarter, 26 by 2 tyres, chain and belt drive. Also listed are second-hand Monarch motorcycles and a teacher of pianoforte offering lessons by letter to Daisybank.
Notice is given that rates on any property must be paid by June 7 1917 or risk enforcement. The Shire Secretary will be available at the office from June 2 to 11 during office hours to receive rate payments, excluding Sundays and public holidays. Le Cocq Shire Secretary May 1917.
Tenders addressed to the Shire President will be received at the Shire Hall Bacchus Marsh up to 10 am on Tuesday 5 May 1917 for contract No 6 re advertised supplying 50 cubic yards of white quartz gravel. Specification at Shire Hall deposit and per cent. tender deposit. The lowest tender not necessarily accepted. Le Coq Shire Secretary 2nd May 1917.
The Shire invites applications for a competent foreman to oversee metal crashing and the crushing plant. Wages are paid for a full day. Applications must be addressed to the Shire President and received at the Shire Hall by 10 am on Tuesday 6th June 1917. Shire Engineer Le Cocq dated May 2, 1917.
Tenders close at 11 am on Tuesday June 5 1917 at Ballan Shire Hall for contracts including repairs to two bridges at Bharkword and crushing and spreading 1000 yards of metal in various shire areas. Plans may be viewed at the Shire Hall. Tender deposit required. lowest not necessarily accepted. John V. Porter Acting Secretary.
Mis ses Ingle and Strange, costumieres, take over Miss Campbell's train Melbourne Experience fits and style guaranteed Grant St Bacchus Marsh. Singing and voice training at Church of England Parish Hall Bacchus Marsh Tuesdays evening choral class forming appointment by letter Theona Heidelberg Madame Melba’s pupil for two years
A surgeon dentist operates from Seaview at 73 Victoria Porsde Fitsroy and consults at ABC Tos Rooms, Ryan's Corner, Bacchus on Mondays and Thursdays. Hours are 9:30 to 5:30 with home visits available upon request.
Railroads list five million dollars for Wertheim sewing machine treasure. Tables and easy chairs feature in the Petes order as part of the purchase record and inventory notes.
Land description for 2 acres in Bourke county Melton area detailing trust, powers of disposition, and purpose for Roman Catholic Church. Names included Gaven Duffy King solicitor and trustees Carr Kenny Hegarty. Adverse possession transfer notice for Crown grant Firefly area referenced with executors and caveat process.
Five pounds reward offered by W Harkness of Coimadai for information leading to conviction of persons moving firewood or trespassing in his paddock on Long Forest Road Coimadai. Public notice seeks prompt reporting of suspected theft or trespass activity with details.
A mixed page lists meat sale pitches, civic fundraisers, dances and concerts in Bacchus Marsh and Toolern Vale with admission fees and dates in June 1917. It notes a knitting competition for the Red Cross, a district farmers meeting at Melton, and farm labor notices. Also items on cattle milking, potatoes, oats, seed wheat, and a local impounding notice, plus lost dog and magpie notices.
Water Commission report shows full supply and present supply at Pyees Creek Reservoir. Gauge height details and various measured volumes include 14 050 acre feet present supply and 10 230 acre feet last week. Output nil last week and present figures indicate fluctuating storage and inflow within the period.
June 1917 notices urge timely rate payments to secure enrolment and avoid penalties with 6 percent interest on arrears. Shire meetings set for Tuesday and a week earlier, gravel supply bids invited, and tender results noted for roadwork. Recruiting events, cinema, church services, and community activities appear alongside warnings about theft and wartime savings stamps.
Nek leaia in Dalesms reports a brief note with unclear names and fragmented text. The readable portion hints at a local notice or community item but lacks coherent details or verifiable facts for a fuller summary.
The Bacchus Marsh Agricultural Society plans larger district exhibits in a new pavilion beside the grandstand with 1000 more points to allocate. Reports describe river works near Darley bridge, land repairs, and police updates while noting a fatal blasting accident at Hallan to Pyle's Creek and electoral hints for parliamentary candidates.
A fragmented notice describes a Melton gathering with a beer test and a bridge dispute over a river. It mentions a church event, a wind-related death in Franen, a July arts festival, and a community meeting about appointing a trustee to oversee the trust.
Moving pictures of a sled fete in Werribee Mechanics' on the evening next. Admission recruits wanted. Red Cross Society monthly sewing tea on Tuesday and Wednesday. branch rate ten pounds fourteen. Sauley's special appeal. Button collections in Werle streets on Empire day. Prods for British Red Cross. Wert bee Progress Association to form Basilway missioners to Rome an early Iran Melbourne on Monday evening. Shire Council to support the est. Werribee Community hall bell hare di te. The total ute was fw wh frees thee tumuuber on fae the half yearly jaceing fle.
The Masked Rider leads a door adventure, part five of Master Key, with Britain’s street of limelight. Shooting today at Qud i AL.
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